Equity

Friends of Trees is recruiting for awesome volunteers to plant native trees and plants at the beautiful Jack City Park.

This event is in partnership with the City of Tigard and Clean Water Services. This planting is part of the Tree For All campaign which has planted over three million native plants in the Tualatin River Watershed in the past decade! Clean Water Services, Friends of Trees, thousands of volunteers, other non-profits, city partners, and private landowners will be working together this season to continue the success of this program.

Looking to volunteer as a group? RSVPs are kindly requested for groups of more than 5 people - click HERE to do so. RSVPs are not required for individuals or groups of 4 or fewer -- you can simply show up!

A growing body of evidence demonstrates that direct exposure to nature is good for our psychological and emotional health, yet the focus of most traditional therapies stops at the urban boundary. This workshop focuses on broadening and deepening the practice of psychotherapy by extending the psychotherapeutic context to include the natural world in which we live.

Participants will survey the empirical evidence in support of ecotherapeutic practices, discuss the triadic relationship of therapist, client, and nature, and discuss ethical considerations associated with ecotherapy.

Learning Objectives:
After participating in this workshop, you will be able to integrate ecotherapy practices into your office or agency setting by:

• Learning specific questions to expand intake interviews that account for the human-nature relationship
• Making use of nature metaphor and imagery in a therapeutic context
• Assigning nature-based homework to clients
• Making use of a Nature Language (an articulation of human/nature interaction patterns) to deepen and strengthen your therapeutic work with clients
• Understanding the value of adding natural elements into your office setting

Instructor: Patricia Hasbach, Ph.D.
Patricia Hasbach, Ph.D. is a clinician in private practice in Eugene, Oregon; a facultymember at Lewis & Clark College and Antioch University Seattle; and a consultant and trainer on various topics related to the human-nature relationship.

Click here to learn more

Outdoor School For All is a statewide campaign to secure permanent public funding to send every Oregon 5th or 6th grader to a full week of Outdoor School!

COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT & HAVE FUN!  
Wear your wood cookies or make a new one, bring the family & your ODS stories, sing songs, enjoy fun exhibits & activities, and sign Timber Joey's giant wood cookie!

World Forestry Center's Miller Hall
4033 SW Canyon Road
(across from the Zoo)
Friday, Jan. 30
11am-1pm

Parking: Friday is a school in-service day -- consider riding the Max! Parking also available in the Zoo's overflow lot.